We make fashion more fair and safe 

    Social responsibility all along the textile supply chain 

    Work must be dignified, safe and fair. As is the case with most fashion labels, we are not the owners of the factories where our products are produced. However, we do want to ensure that the people who create our products work under safe and fair working conditions.
    OLYMP maintains very reliable and long-term business relations with its international manufacturing partners, above all for our core product, the shirt. In total, we work together with only a few, well selected shirt companies and with some of these for decades. In this way, we ensure that our quality standards are maintained and we provide the foundation for the ongoing improvement of social standards. 

    We make fashion fair and safe 

    Social responsibility all along the textile supply chain 

    Work must be dignified, safe and fair. As is the case with most fashion labels, we are not the owners of the factories where our products are produced. However, we do want to ensure that the people who create our products work under safe and fair working conditions.
    OLYMP maintains very reliable and long-term business relations with its international manufacturing partners, above all for our core product, the shirt. In total, we work together with a few, well selected shirt companies and with some of these for decades. In this way, we ensure that our quality standards are maintained and we provide the foundation for the ongoing improvement of social standards. 

    "The well-being of the people who produce our products is at the heart of my work. We face these challenges with determination and together with our partners."

    Helen Zitzelsberger, Corporate Responsibility at OLYMP

    "The well-being of the people who produce our products is at the heart of my work. We face these challenges with determination and together with our partners."

    Helen Zitzelsberger, Corporate Responsibility at OLYMP

    The seven-person sustainability team at OLYMP is in constant and direct contact with the production companies outside of Germany in order to ensure compliance with environmental and social standards. We consider ourselves here as a partner on equal footing, accompanying the producers in their development towards a more sustainable production. As important as audits and certifications are: We attach great importance to getting an accurate picture for ourselves of the local conditions during regular visits to our production partners.
    In addition, we are involved in initiatives and organisations in the industry with the aim of jointly achieving sustainable
    improvement in working and social standards in the supply chain. 

    Responsible Business Conduct Policy

    As a globally active company, OLYMP also bears global responsibility. The recognition of and respect for human rights have always been of key importance for us. We are committed to the implementation of human and labour rights – both at our headquarters in Bietigheim-Bissingen and globally – thereby improving living and working conditions at OLYMP and in our supply chains. Our commitment considers any adverse impact on people or the environment that we cause, contribute to or which we are directly associated with. We commit to strengthening human rights as well as preventing violations. Our Responsible Business Conduct Policy expresses our traditional values as well as our responsibility.

    The 7-person sustainability team at OLYMP is in constant and direct contact with the production companies outside of Germany in order to ensure compliance with environmental and social standards. We consider ourselves here as a partner on equal footing, accompanying the producers in their development towards a more sustainable production. As important as audits and certifications are: We attach great importance to getting an accurate picture for ourselves of the local conditions during regular visits to our production partners.
    In addition, we are involved in initiatives and organisations in the industry with the aim of jointly achieving sustainable improvement in working and social standards in the supply chain. 

    Our commitment at a glance 

    Our commitment at a glance 

    Fair Wear

    The Fair Wear Foundation is an independent, non-profit multi-stakeholder initiative with more than 140 members, dedicated to improving working conditions in the clothing industry's supply chains. By joining Fair Wear, OLYMP clearly commits to maintaining high standards and to creating more transparency. On a yearly basis Fair Wear conducts a “Brand Performance Check” and closely reviews all our measures towards monitoring and optimisation of working conditions at our international production partners as well as the impact of our general purchasing practices. The results are then published on Fair Wear’s website. 

    iMPACT Programme 

    The iMPACT Programme is OLYMP’s social audit and development programme, which we developed in 2021 together with the workwear supplier HAKRO and the service provider ELEVATE Ltd.
     
    iMPACT stands for:
    Insight & motivation
    Partnership & action     
    Capacity-building & transparency           
                   
    We want to gain honest insights into production conditions and motivate our partners to act – collectively and collaboratively – to develop our capabilities and achieve a higher level of credibility and transparency.

    Ban on forced labour: OLYMP declaration
    on the UK Modern Slavery Act


    Modern slavery is a crime and is a violation of fundamental human rights. OLYMP rejects all forms of forced labour, all manifestations of modern slavery in the form of bonded labour and servitude, forced and compulsory labour and modern human trafficking. We regularly inspect our direct suppliers and partners to ensure that they are acting in compliance with the Modern Slavery Act of 2015. With the following declaration, OLYMP is giving a clear signal that it rejects all forms of forced labour and modern slavery and is therefore fulfilling its own voluntary undertaking as a responsible global company.

    Ban on forced labour: OLYMP declaration on the UK Modern Slavery Act


    Modern slavery is a crime and is a violation of fundamental human rights. OLYMP rejects all forms of forced labour, all manifestations of modern slavery in the form of bonded labour and servitude, forced and compulsory labour and modern human trafficking. We regularly inspect our direct suppliers and partners to ensure that they are acting in compliance with the Modern Slavery Act of 2015. With the following declaration, OLYMP is giving a clear signal that it rejects all forms of forced labour and modern slavery and is therefore fulfilling its own voluntary undertaking as a responsible global company.

    We are proud of this

    Having worked for decades to promote safety and fair working conditions in our supply chain, we have achieved a lot for the people in the manufacturing countries. We are proud of this and it encourages us to do even more, day for day.

    We have already achieved a lot on our way to sustainable supply chains.

    We report in depth about our risk analysis and results in our Human Rights Due Diligence Report (HRDD Report) 

    HRDD Report request here

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